Aunt Dunette's Italian Anise Biscotti

Submitted by Demandy

"This recipe from my Italian great great Aunt has been prepared by my mother and my grandmother and now by me! Great with coffee, keeps well, very delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 30 biscotte
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 9.85 ml baking powder
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 118.29 ml vegetable oil
• 9.85 ml anise seed
• 473.18 ml flour
• 4.92 ml vanilla

directions

1. Beat eggs, sugar, and oil. Mix in flour, baking powder, vanilla, and anise. Spread in greased metal ice cube trays or loaf pans. If using loaf pans, only fill 1/3 full. This recipe makes about 3 trays or pans worth.
2. Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and cut in slices crosswise. Place slices on baking sheet and brown under broiler, then flip slices and brown on other side. Watch the cookies carefully, it is easy to burn them in this step. Normally the best idea is to broil with oven door open a crack and watch as they go.

Reviews

[Laura L.]

This recipe is the real deal! I was searching for one that my husband's uncle had given me years ago & I couldn't find it. Unfortunately, Uncle passed away last year so I couldn't ask him...but this one is pretty much the same thing, same method, etc. Instead of anise seed, I used anise extract (about 2 tsp.) but otherwise, I followed the recipe as written. Very good...recommended!

 

[crazy4flyers]

This was my first ever attempt at making biscotti and it was a huge success! The directions were very easy to follow. Definitely be careful when you place them under the broiler because they brown very fast.

 

[MommyOh]

Just finished making this. It is Awesome! Very easy to make. Can't wait for my family to get home and enjoy it, too. Thanks for sharing, Panthur!

 

[Stephanie Y.]

Aunt Dunette sure knew how to make some great biscotte! These are very crisp and I loved the anise flavor in these and they hold up beautifully. I was a little worried about cooking them in the bread pans but they slid right out. Make sure you don't walk away while they are under the broiler because they darken quickly. Thanks for sharing your family recipe Panthur.

 

[Kasha]

Good, but not quite the consistency I was looking for, not anisey enough and I didn't like the shape baking in the bread pans gave, although it was very easy to do it that way. They popped right out of the pans for the second part of the cooking.